Hokusai - Ancient Image of the Eight-Part Bridge

Travellers are making their way across a long zigzag bridge above the reeds, and nobody is in a hurry. One walker tips his big round hat against the light, another carries a bundle on his back, and a pair stop for a word at a bend in the boards. Beyond them a soft pink hill rises out of the haze.

A single pine leans over the whole scene. Which way would you be heading?